After a bit of digging it looks like Newag has had a steady supply of government contracts:

25.01.2023 - 10,7 billion PLN (2,5bn EUR) for EMUs

24.07.2024 - Newag CEO mentions current contracts with PKP Intercity total 9bn PLN (2bn EUR)

21.11.2024 - 7,7bn PLN (1,8bn EUR) for hybrid MUs

23.06.2025 - most recent one I could find, 270 million PLN, EMUs for a local railway

Stock is up 260% since June 2022

In Poland we don’t negotiate with corporate terrorists, we throw money at them. 🙃

The government will enact the will of the people, whether the people like it or not.

Banana industry and fossil fuel industry need to declare war on each other.

Maybe they’re speaking Polish. “No to rasizm” translates to “Well, racism it is!”

But the reader does not steal, the clear logical conclusion is that piracy isn’t theft if you read the book.

A lot of time is wasted on arguments made in bad faith that have already been debunked ten times over, trying to get through to a reactionary for the 11th time is unlikely to work. Maybe there should be more emphasis on the overarching mechanism of disinformation which you describe, and how it’s intended to stop people from taking any action at all. I feel like this educational approach will be a more friendly for people who are still capable of changing their mind.

99% of conservative arguments on climate boil down to:

Washing your hands is pointless since it only kills 99,9% of bacteria, you should incinerate yourself to remove 100%. Oh, you don’t want to do that? Hypocrite much? Might as well not wash your hands then.

There is no reason to it, pointing out the absurdity and nihilism of this might be more effective.

So say we all

The hurricanes will continue until emissions improve.

The only story that pops up is a pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi. No fatalities, 46 people hospitalized. Maybe OP is misremembering?

https://apnews.com/general-news-24e50c057a8102b18247f1fad7837605 https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22642806/co2-pipeline-explosion-satartia-mississippi-carbon-capture

Edit: They probably mean this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster

I imagine any reasonable traffic law would forbid drivers from impeding traffic like that. You might be able to do it somewhat discreetly, but it’s still a matter of enforcement, and you can bet blue nonces will suddenly start caring about enforcing traffic laws.

Edit: UK Road Traffic Act

If a person drives a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place, he is guilty of an offence.

It really feels like SCOTUS noticed that environmentally-conscious people are advocating for expansion of rail, and will now rule in favour of this project just to spite them.

approval for a railroad project

Let’s see…

that would carry crude oil

😭 what the heck

Fidesz is nonaligned as well, judging by the polls it’ll be about 9 or 10 seats for them.

Isn’t this specifically about sand for construction which needs to be coarse enough? For glass packaging you melt that stuff anyway, SiO₂ is SiO₂. Also I imagine the amount of sand needed for glass bottles would be way smaller than what construction industry uses, even less so if you recycle.

Hands Monopoly money to the clerk at a Samsung store

“I’ll take the S24, money is a made up concept anyway”

No, that’s cyan. Cyanogenic is an open-source mobile operating system used as an alternative to Android.